JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — There will be a media open house July 3 at Bethel Airport hosted by the Alaska Air National Guard’s 176th Wing. The event will give interested media an opportunity to explore the C-17 Globemaster III and speak with some of the Guard pilots, maintainers and recruiters. The 176th […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON— Airmen of the 176th Wing’s 249th Airlift Squadron changed their unit affiliation to the 144th Airlift Squadron during a discreet Aug. 4 ceremony when they swapped patches at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. The Alaska Air National Guard’s 249th AS flies the C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft with the active Air Force’s 517th […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska—The Alaska Air National Guard is stepping up to assist with Hurricane Harvey humanitarian disaster relief operations. The 176th Wing deployed 21 Airmen in one of their C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft, en route to Fort Hood, Texas this morning. Two aircrews from the 249th Airlift Squadron and 13 Guardian Angels from […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska —Alaska National Guardsmen from the Counterdrug Support Program traveled to Galena, Alaska, May 31, to disseminate Narcan kits and other drug and alcohol education and prevention materials to local residents. The AKNG CDSP partnered with the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services Division of Public Health under Project Hope to […]